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Digital Spaces: QOL and Learning Development Service

Last week, we checked out the Library Services at Queen’s. This week, we look to the Learning Development Service (LDS) and how students can use LDS. Why not view the About Us page and meet the LDS team? Here, you can view each staff member’s bio and contact the relevant Read more…

By Daria Casement, 1 year25th October 2021 ago
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Uses for MS Whiteboard

If you have been following us, you may have noticed we have covered many topics to do with digital spaces, best practices, accessibility and suggestions for using different Apps, software and services. Last week, we looked at Microsoft Yammer and we continue this week with MS Whiteboard. So what is Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years20th September 2021 ago
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Hacking Accessibility: Video

It’s Monday again and seemingly, Monday’s come around very quickly. Really, it’s been no time at all since last weeks blog post on Visual Information and the previous weeks post on Text. We do hope you are finding these hints and tips helpful in your practices as this week we Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years1st February 2021 ago
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Learning Apps: Padlet

Good afternoon and we hope you’re having a lovely start to your week. DigiKnow has been covering different learning Apps lately. This has included: Duolingo TED Talks Anatomy 3D Atlas Flash Cards Office Lens, and Mind Mapping Padlet began life as an online tool but is now also available as Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years7th December 2020 ago
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Learning Apps: Mind Mapping

Over the last number of weeks, DigiKnow have been looking at Learning Apps such as: Duolingo TED Talks Anatomy 3D Atlas Flash Cards, and Office Lens The Learning App we chose this week covers Mind Mapping. In this blog post, we will cover what is mind mapping? Where mind mapping Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years30th November 2020 ago
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Learning Apps: Office Lens

We’ve been looking at some learning Apps over this last few weeks and have posts on the following Apps: Duolingo Ted Talks Anatomy Flash Cards In this weeks’ post, we will look at Microsoft’s Office Lens as a learning App and how students can benefit from using this in their Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years23rd November 2020 ago
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Learning Apps: Flash Cards

In this weeks blog post, we look to Flash Card Apps which students can use in their learning. Last week, we looked at Anatomy Apps. This week, we look at what Flash Cards are, where they might be used in education and make some suggestions of Flash Card Apps that Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years16th November 2020 ago
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Learning Apps: Anatomy 3D Atlas

The academic year is well underway now and over this last few weeks, we have been looking at Learning Apps to benefit University students. Initially, we looked at Duolingo, a free language learning App. And last week, we checked out TED Talks and how anyone can access these from YouTube Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years9th November 2020 ago
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Learning Apps: TED Talks

We are now in November and last week we looked at Duolingo as a learning App and it’s benefits. This week, we turn our attention to TED Talks. What are TED Talks? TED talks began at a conference in 1984 for Technology, Entertainment and Design. These were initially short talks Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years2nd November 2020 ago
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A Student’s Best Friend: OneNote

As it’s a new academic year, DigiKnow wants to concentrate on students’ digital needs. Last week, we did a demo of using O365’s OneDrive and some Apps to assist staff and students working and studying online. This week, we turn our attention to OneNote and introduce this to students. OneNote Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years5th October 2020 ago

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